Friday, April 1, 2011

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 63, Friday, April 1, 2011

Federal Register
Vol. 76, Issue 63
Friday, April 1, 2011
 
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. ENERGY/RFS, TRANSPORT - FR/Correction. EPA. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program
 
    2. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. DOE. Energy Conservation Standards for Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures: Public Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document
 
    3. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. EPA. Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedures for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
 
    4. ENERGY/Ocean - NM. DOI/BOEMRE. Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
 
    5. ENERGY/Wind - NM. DOI/FWS. Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee; Announcement of Public Meeting
  
CODES USED:  THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.  

REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES:  AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES  - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT -  Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
 

ANNOUNCEMENT 1


Subject: ENERGY/RFS, TRANSPORT - FR/Correction. EPA. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 18066]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 80

Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel
Standard Program

CFR Correction

    In Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 72 to 80,
revised as of July 1, 2010, on page 1160, in Sec.  80.1466, in
paragraph (h)(1), the equation is corrected to read as follows:


Sec.  80.1466  What are the additional requirements under this subpart
for RIN-generating foreign producers and importers of renewable fuels
for which RINs have been generated by the foreign producer?

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. DOE. Energy Conservation Standards for Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures: Public Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 18127-18130]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 431

[Docket No. EERE-2009-BT-STD-0018]
RIN 1904-AC00

Energy Conservation Standards for Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures:
Public Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support
Document

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and availability of preliminary
technical support document.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a public meeting
to discuss and receive comments on: the equipment classes that DOE
plans to analyze for purposes of establishing energy conservation
standards for metal halide lamp fixtures (MHLFs); the analytical
framework, models, and tools that DOE is using to evaluate standards
for this equipment; the results of preliminary analyses DOE performed
for this equipment; and potential energy conservation standard levels
derived from these analyses that DOE could consider for this equipment.
DOE encourages written comments on these subjects. To inform interested
parties and facilitate this process, DOE has prepared an agenda, a
preliminary technical support document (TSD), and briefing materials,
which are available at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/metal_halide_lamp_fixtures.html.

DATES: DOE will hold a public meeting on Monday, April 18, 2011
beginning at 9 a.m. in Washington, DC. The agenda for the public
meeting will cover this energy conservation standards rulemaking for
MHLFs. Any person requesting to speak at the public meeting should
submit such a request, along with an electronic copy of the statement
to be given at the public meeting, before Monday, April 11, 2011.
Written comments are welcome, especially following the public meeting,
and should be submitted by May 16, 2011.
    In addition, you can attend the public meeting via webinar. Webinar
registration information, participant instructions, and information
about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be
published on DOE's Web site at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/metal_halide_lamp_fixtures.html.
Participants are responsible for ensuring their systems are compatible
with the webinar software.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 8E-089, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Please note that foreign nationals
participating in the public meeting are subject to advance security
screening procedures. If a foreign national wishes to participate in
the public meeting, please inform DOE of this fact as soon as possible
by contacting Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586-2945 so that the
necessary procedures can be completed. Interested persons may submit
comments, identified by docket number EERE-2009-BT-STD-0018, by any of
the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: MHLF-2009-STD-0018@ee.doe.gov. Include EERE-2009-
BT-STD-0018 and/or RIN 1904-AC00 in the subject line of the message.
    Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of
Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, Public Meeting
for Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures, EERE-2009-BT-STD-0018, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone (202)
586-2945. Please submit one signed paper original.
    Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department
of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Sixth Floor, 950 L'Enfant
Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone (202) 586-2945. Please
submit one signed paper original.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number.
    Docket: Access to the docket to review background documents, the
transcript of the public meeting, or comments received is available at
the U.S. Department of Energy, Sixth Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW.,
Washington, DC 20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday,
except Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586-
2945 for additional information regarding visiting the Resource Room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional
information to Dr. Tina Kaarsberg, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program,
EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202)
287-1393. E-mail: Tina.Kaarsberg@ee.doe.gov. In the Office of General
Counsel, contact Mr. Ari Altman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of
General Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585, (202) 287-6307. E-mail: Ari.Altman@hq.doe.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. EPA. Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedures for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 18105-18127]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket No. EERE-2009-BT-TP-0004]
RIN 1904-AB94

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test
Procedures for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) proposes
amendments to those it proposed to the DOE test procedures for
residential central air conditioners and heat pumps released in a June
2010 notice of proposed rulemaking (June 2010 NOPR). The proposed
amendments in this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR)
would change the off-mode laboratory test steps and calculation
algorithm to determine off-mode power consumption for residential
central air conditioners and heat pumps, as well as change the
requirements for selection and metering of the low-voltage transformer
used when testing coil-only residential central air conditioners and
heat pumps. Additionally, the amendments proposed today provide a
method of calculation to determine the energy efficiency ratio (EER)
during cooling mode steady-state tests for use as a regional metric.
Finally, today's notice proposes amendments that would combine the two
seasonal off-mode ratings of P1 and P2 for residential central air
conditioners and heat pumps, as set forth in the June 2010 NOPR, to
yield a single overall rating, PWOFF.

DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and other information regarding
this supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR) no later than
May 2, 2011. See section 0, ``Public Participation,'' of this SNOPR for
details.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments, identified by docket
number EERE-2009-BT-TP-0004 or Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 1904-
AB94, by any of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: RCAC-HP-2009-TP-0004@ee.doe.gov. Include the docket
number EERE-2009-BT-TP-0004 and/or RIN 1904-AB94 in the subject line of
the message.
    3. Postal Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy,
Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. If possible, please submit all
items on a compact disc (CD), in which case it is not necessary to
include printed copies. Otherwise, please submit one signed paper
original.
    4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of
Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite
600, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 586-2945. If possible,
please submit all items on a CD, in which case it is not necessary to
include printed copies. Otherwise, please submit one signed paper
original.
    Instructions: No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be accepted. All
submissions must include the docket number or RIN for this rulemaking.
For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see section 0, ``Public
Participation,'' of this document.
    Docket: The docket is available for review at www.regulations.gov,
including Federal Register notices, framework documents, public meeting
attendee lists and transcripts, comments, and other supporting
documents/materials. All documents in the docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. However, not all documents listed in
the index may be publicly available, such as information that is exempt
from public disclosure.
    A link to the docket Web page can be found at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/residential/cac_heatpumps_new_rulemaking.html. This Web page will contain a link to
the docket for this notice on the Web site http://www.regulations.gov.
The http://www.regulations.gov Web page will contain simple
instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments,
in the docket. See section 0, ``Public Participation,'' for information
on how to submit comments through regulations.gov.
    For further information on how to submit or review public comments
or view hard copies of the docket in the Resource Room, contact Ms.
Brenda Edwards at (202) 586-2945 or e-mail: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wes Anderson, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-7335. E-mail:
Wes.Anderson@ee.doe.gov.
    Ms. Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585. Telephone: (202) 287-6111. E-mail: Jennifer.Tiedeman@hq.doe.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: ENERGY/Ocean - NM. DOI/BOEMRE. Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 18232]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
(BOEMRE), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee will meet at the
U.S. Access Board in Washington, DC.

DATES: Monday, April 18, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Access Board, 1331 F Street, NW., Suite 800,
Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Brad J. Blythe at the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, 381 Elden Street,
Mail Stop 4040, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4187. He can be reached by
telephone at (703) 787-1636 or by electronic mail at
brad.blythe@boemre.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: ENERGY/Wind - NM. DOI/FWS. Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee; Announcement of Public Meeting
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18238-18239]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R9-FHC-2011-N061; 94300-1122-0000-Z2]

Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee; Announcement of
Public Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), will host a
Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee (Committee) meeting on April
27, 2011. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda will
include a presentation and discussion of the Service's Draft Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines.

DATES: The meeting will take place on April 27, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Eastern Time. If you are a member of the public wishing to attend,
you must register online no later than April 20, 2011 (see ``Meeting
Participation Information'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N.
Fairfax Drive, Room 530, Arlington, VA 22203 (see ``Meeting Location
Information'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel London, Division of Habitat and
Resource Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department
of the Interior, (703) 358-2161.

 
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